Accident Worker Falls to His Death from 6th Floor Freight Lift on First Day of Work

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Matichon.

 

An incident occurred at the Royal Irrigation Department building in Dusit, Bangkok, when a construction worker fell to his death down a freight lift shaft from the 6th floor. The deceased, identified only as Mr Santi 43, had started work on the site just that morning.

 

Police Lieutenant Surachai Phanlomsor, an investigator with Samsen Police Station, was alerted to the incident at approximately 13:20 on 7 June. Emergency rescue personnel were dispatched immediately to the scene at the department’s administrative building, located in the Nakhon Chai Si Road area.

 

Rescue workers found Mr Santi lying on his back at the base of the lift shaft on the ground floor. He was still wearing his work trousers and had visible burn marks on his right arm. Despite efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

Initial reports suggest that Mr Santi and four other new workers had just started work on a renovation project on the 6th floor. Mr Santi was pushing a cart filled with ceiling debris towards the freight lift to dispose of it. Believing the lift had arrived, he forcefully opened the doors. However, the lift was not actually present at that level, so pushing the cart in, caused him to fall all the way down the shaft, to the building’s lowest floor.

 

CCTV footage confirmed that Mr Santi exited the renovation area and walked directly towards the lift before the fatal incident occurred. According to on-site engineers, lift doors are designed not to open unless the car is stationed at that floor, raising suspicions of a technical malfunction or forced entry due to excessive pulling.

 

Authorities are continuing to examine the cause of the incident and are interviewing witnesses and co-workers to establish the full circumstances behind the fatal fall.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Matichon 2025-06-09

 

 

 

[blaze master]

Little bit strange.

 

The doors open outward. How does one fall down inward with doors opening outward. 

[Nick Carter icp]

3 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Little bit strange.

 

The doors open outward. How does one fall down inward with doors opening outward. 

 

   Could have opened the door and stepped inside intending to pull the cart into the lift ?

[blaze master]

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Could have opened the door and stepped inside intending to pull the cart into the lift ?

 

I suppose thats possible however....

 

9 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

so pushing the cart in, caused him to fall all the way down the shaft, to the building’s lowest floor.